“Trump really blew it with this one!”
That is one example of the many reactions I have received in the days after President Donald Trump followed through on issuing a pardon for former Culpeper County, Virginia, Sheriff Scott Jenkins. The Daily Signal previously reported on Jenkins’ conviction on federal bribery charges brought by the Biden Department of Justice.
That knee-jerk reaction from people is understandable because, as has been my experience with Trump over the years, people form their opinions based solely on what the news media has told them about what the president did rather than what he actually did.
I did a scan of the news coverage, and our Daily Signal column reporting on the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association petitioning the president for the pardon was the only one I could find that delved into Jenkins’ court proceedings…
